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Show -Hi' , L ,i! Salllc Fisher's Successor. flnif Nina Gillette, who replaced Sallie Fisher in B i "The Chaperons" Monday night, taking the top fl l , note of the first act finale, is a native of Cleveland, H' ill ' fl' j ' 0., and although her stage career covers but a B ' . j j period of three years she has been successful in a Hfbfl small degree both in the legitimate and musical Mi'i field. flvfl j ,' She was with Rose Coghlan for a time and flffi' I also with Jerome Sykes in "Chris and the Won- BwJ derful Lamp." Her first engagement was with BV "The Bride Elect" company, and while with this -l i organization she had an opportunity to under- Bh j study Christie MacDonald, and appeared in this Hllii 1 lady's role several times. Bsil It was while she was with the Alice Nielson HEI company that she attracted Manager Perley's at- jHjH r tention, and she has been all season with "The Hwlf ! Chaperons" waiting for a chance to "make good.'1 wUj j Miss Gillette's real name is Cullen, and her family BRjif j are well-known Cleveland people. New York Tele- HBIjj graph. KW j nBH At a recent dinner of the American Drama- IHR-Mi tIsts' club Dan Hart the author of "Tho Parish jfiHllH Priest," told the following story: &KMHB hHS ! i4 "You know I am a hayseed and live with my father, an Irishman, 70 years of age, on a farm on the outskirts of Wilkesbarre. One day, not long ago, the old man said to me: " 'Dan, me bye, you're doin' nuthin', suppose ye; come out an' give me a hand puttin' up that fence.' " 'Father,' said I, 'I don't know anything about building fences.' " 'Well, I guess you can't spoil it much, so come along.' "I nailed on boards indifferently well. On the hillside, just above us, was a Hungarian mintr practicing with a revolver, apparently rehearsing for the next strike. Directly, a bullet came crashing crash-ing through the fence, just beside me. " 'Good Lord, father, that fellow is shooting at me,' I shouted. " 'Niver moind,' Dan,' said he, 'perhaps he's seen one of yer plays.' " So Norman Hackett and Orr Salisbury are fighting over dear old grandma Katheryn Kidder. The best way would be to spank them both and put them to bed. George Ade is in New York putting the finishing finish-ing touches on his new libretto "Peggy of Paris." "Whose Baby Are You?" will be on the road next year under the title of "A Busy Day." Josph Hart is writing a comedy to be called "The Country Club." Harry B. Smith and Gustave Kerker are just finishing a new opera for Klaw & Erlanger. It is called "The Money Burner." |